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Gandhi forum looks at options for peace
Published by the Communications and Development Department
29 October 2002
A public forum examining possibilities for peace in South Asia in the context of the legacy left by Indian leader M. K. Ghandi is being held at the Municipal Chambers this weekend, in association with the closing of the very successful Gandhi: A Photographic Exhibition.
The forum, organised by the University of Canterbury’s Departments of History, and Philosophy and Religious Studies, and the Peace Foundation of Aotearoa, is part of a trilogy of events focussing on Gandhi’s contribution to peaceful conflict resolution in a time of increasing global violence.
The photographic exhibition opened at the beginning of August and features 34 black and white images of Gandhi taken in the 1940s by Bombay-based photographer D. R. D. Wadia. The negatives were brought to New Zealand by the photographer’s daughter Zarine Malik who gave them to her son, Dr Aditya Malik, currently head of Religious Studies at Canterbury.
The Continuing Education Department at Canterbury also ran a series of evening seminars on the life and times of Gandhi through September and October. The forum this Saturday 2 November is the third and final event linked with the Exhibition’s display in Christchurch.
Indian High Commissioner, His Excellency Bal Anand, will open the event which will feature seminars and discussions led by University academics. Topics will include Gandhi’s legacy, peace initiatives in South Asia, the challenge of love, and the possibilities of peace.
Co-ordinator Jane Buckingham said the main aim of the forum was to look at what alternatives there were to the escalating global violence, particularly in reference to the nuclear stand off in South Asia, wide spread terrorism and the ‘war against terrorism’.
“Maybe we feel that there is not much we can do. But at least in a forum like this we can discuss what possibilities there are for peace, and in some small way this might help.”
Numbers are strictly limited and entry is by gold coin. Those interested in attending can register in advance by ringing Rosemary Russo, Department of History, University of Canterbury 364 2373.
The photographic exhibition, at the Canterbury Museum, closes the following day, Sunday 3 November. The show will be available for exhibition elsewhere in New Zealand, and negotiations are already under way for a showing in Dunedin and an Australian tour.
For more information contact: Ph 03 364 2277
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